Show 4 THAT AWFUL CYCLONE the elements every one of them are destroyers of life and property each and every one when not under complete PP control la Is an agent of destruction and even when controlled is a continue 1 menace a source of apprehension it a cause of dread it adds to the gravity rr alty of the case that with all his bis running ou nning native and acquired the control which man fancies is placed upon the destroyers or one ellie of them is sometimes eluded and when he least expects it havoc has full eway away and the reaper holds high carnival one of the elements however we bave not yet sought to control for the simple yet effectual reason that we know any such effort if made woul I 1 toe be futile idle the air which one moment kisses a fevered brow as a grateful zephyr the next becomes a raging anster m anster scattering devastation and death far and wide W wa cannot control it cannot subdue it indeed it is rarely the case that we can escape it when its fury to is wrought up to the topmost pith pitch about us the storm king is an absolute despot not only this but a treacherous cruel and det one the details of that storms storm Js awful work in ORa hows yesterday are nouga enough of themselves to make the heart sicken the m mind in waver find and the soul wery wedry B log ing so BO terrible tu in words and PO fir away from the ghastly scene what must that leerae nave have been to those who passed through ith it whether with life or without it is not a rash statement tat ement to make that those who pass through gh such an agonizing situation and come out ul bl ve experienc exper lenc more suffering fering than do the slain particularly 4 ii they ar slain early in the conflict ait or if f al the d dangers angers that th threaten hu danity uan ity that of the ible ela abent when it lashes in its lury fury all the objects within a certain radius is the most terrible those rhose who ho have ever ver passed through a destructive W windstorm realize this but they cannot describe their own feelings the awful I 1 son satio a which arise ari se as a the storm rises the f rebo dings the dread the anguish of out the fear which even 4 he strongest must feel these can only be e imagined where they are not re jiember ed the oklahoma tragedy at this writ ing seems to have been the most severe of any in recent times sixty persons kill feill a outright many more wangled mangled and suffering how homes destroyed and property ruined for miles around it js is dreadful and the fact that like lightning we know nut not where it may strike next that like a thief in the night eight it comes u and as if pos session the intelligence as well as the vindictiveness of a demon it selects the times and a d places where there is least expectation of or preparation for it A destructive storm used to be an unusual occurrence now one duth doth tread u upon pon another an others lis heel so sofai fart t they we are living in troublous lou times |